Six-banded armadillo
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Euphractinae |
| Genus: | Euphractus Wagler, 1830 |
| Species: | E. sexcinctus |
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| Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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| Six-banded armadillo range in green | |
The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus, also known as the yellow armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and isolated populations in Suriname (there known as siksi-banti kapasi). Its body is usually yellowish in color, sometimes tan or light reddish-brown. It belongs to the monotypic genus Euphractus.
Drawing of the six-banded armadillo
It is a solitary terrestrial animal, living in many habitats from rainforest to grassland, but mainly found on open areas, such as cerrado plains. It is omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of plant and animal matter. It shelters in a den underground. Unlike most species of armadillo, the six-banded armadillo is mostly diurnal rather than nocturnal.[2]
Subspecies
- Euphractus sexcinctus boliviae Thomas, 1907
- Euphractus sexcinctus flavimanus Desmarest, 1804
- Euphractus sexcinctus setosus Wied, 1826
- Euphractus sexcinctus tucumanus Thomas, 1911
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- ↑ Cuellar, E. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group (2008). Euphractus sexcinctus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ Bird, B. 1999. Euphractus sexcinctus (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8
- Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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